If it is the one I read about ( seven vehicles with a medflight required for a female) it sounded rough. I know what protocol we have on the troops here in the states for calling a bird and putting it in the air. Certainly presided over my share of hot landings on the expressway!

Didn't read of that in the article... I can say for years as an emergency services commander that you are right on with the 24 hours. The human body does strange things in a MVC regardless of how significant the incident is. For other reference... Do CPR one time for more than 30 minutes and the next day you will discover entirely new types of pain radiating from muscles that you didn't know existed in the human body!

Thankfully own experience of really bad motor vehicle and other accidents is 3rd & 4th hand due to working in the insurance industry rather than being involved with the fire and accident services. Who have my total respect...... but not sure I would want to do the job.

Not sure if anyone fully understand's shock since it seems that three people can be involved in same accident. One goes into shock almost immediately, one a month later and the third never.

Own experience of "mild" whip lash after being rear ended by a BMW was nothing for 24 hours, a week of being in real pain then most oddly two weeks of being "aware" of my shoulder blades. Which was most odd since while we all have shoulder blades you can not normally feel them like you do if you rub your fingers against each other.

But I can fully believe other people have a very different experience followly even a fairly similiar accident.

Seven people have been injured, three seriously following a three vehicle crash on the B1253 near Octon in East Yorkshire. One person has been airlifted to Hull Royal Infirmary while two have been taken there by ambulance. Four people have been treated at Scarborough Hospital.

if you have face book there is a short video here my van is the silver 4x4 the white van caused it.

Well, as you can see, I have solved my own self-created little problem in logging on to the site, so can at last declare directly by deepest sympathy for the pain and the inevitable frustration. Hope you are up to at least 2-fingered typing by now, and that the 6 weeks melts away. Thanks as ever for all your dedication to this site. I missed not being able to take part! Jim